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Job Summary

Candidates will need to have experience with medium-to-large-scale web development.

Ability to develop within full technology stack

Be part of a fast moving team working with the latest tools and open source technologies

Design and develop our next generation of RESTful APIs and Event driven services in a distributed environment

Use advanced distributed technologies to process store and quickly retrieve huge volumes of data

Work on a development team using agile methodologies


Responsibilities

Primary Skills

10+ years of work experience in application engineering

Experience with scripting languages such as JavaScript Typescript

Experience with development in Nodejs environment

Web application development experience with compiled languages such as Java

Solid understanding of OOP Design Patterns Data Structures and Web Standards

Understanding of JavaScript HTML and CSS

Strong understanding of parallel processing concurrency and asynchronous concepts

Strong experience with Event Driven Architecture (preferred)

Experience with developing RESTful web services

Strong experience with enterprise level N-tier web applications

Experienced with NoSql Databases - DynamoDb MongoDB Cassandra

Experience in writing native SQL queries

Strong experience with cloud infrastructure AWS (preferred)

Experience with Application Monitoring Tools (Splunk Cloudwatch Dynatrace etc)

Experience with enterprise security Including IAM Roles & Policies Auth0/Okta Encryption API Gateways Firewalls Private Cloud)

Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployments (Jenkins/Terraform/Git Lab Runners)

Nice to Haves

Experience with React (preferred) React Native (preferred) Angular 2+

Experience in SSO (SAML OPENID)

Knowledge of search solutions such as Lucene Solr or ElasticSearch

Experience in architecting and designing distributed systems that are highly available and security focused

Experience with designing event-based systems

Experience with single-page applications

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

  • Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
  • We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
  • We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
  • We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer: 
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

While our system allows application in all languages, job required language(s) and proficiency level(s) vary. However, basic English proficiency is required for Company-wide communications purposes.

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